Chanel Trompe l'oeil trickery reveals influence of new creative director

There was no designer to take a bow after Chanel in Paris, but the creative director, Matthieu Blazy, whose first show will take place in October, had already been at the sketchbook. "It is not his collection but it is not happening without him either," said Bruno Pavlovsky, president of Chanel. "You will see his touch."

- Morwenna Ferrier

Inside the Grand Palais sat fashion's favourite pop stars, Lorde and Gracie Abrams, alongside the outgoing Vogue editor, Anna Wintour. The show space had been transformed into a salon based on Chanel's first boutique, with butterscotch carpets and floor-to-ceiling mirrors. A gold wheatsheaf was placed on each seat though not obviously rooted in nature, the shoulder-baring dresses, flat boots and almost hippyish dropped waist wedding gown that closed the show certainly had a pastoral simplicity.